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| ark of the covenant |
according to the Old Testament, the sacred chest in which the ancient Hebrews carried the two stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments. |
| commandment |
in the Jewish or Christian Bible, one of the Ten Commandments or laws given to Moses by God. [1/2 definitions] |
| Decalogue |
the Ten Commandments. |
| Moses |
according to the Old Testament, the Hebrew patriarch who received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai, and who led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt. |
| Mount Sinai |
according to the Old Testament, the desert height on which Moses received from God the Ten Commandments and, according to rabbinic tradition, the whole body of law found in the Pentateuch and the Talmud. |
| Shavuoth |
a Jewish holiday, originally a harvest festival, that commemorates the revelation of the Ten Commandments to Moses on Mt. Sinai. |
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